Karl Dierenbach is a political writer who contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2016, focusing on the Republican presidential primary and general election. His articles examined Donald Trump's campaign claims and tactics, as well as the strategic dynamics among GOP candidates including Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
At the second presidential debate, Donald Trump continued to glom onto the line that his lewd 2005 Access Hollywood hot mic comments were "locker room banter." Indeed, soon after the release of the comments, Trump issued a statement declaring, "This was locker room banter," and immediately pivoted…
At the first presidential debate, Donald Trump repeated the line that an IRS audit is the reason that he has refused to release his tax returns to the public. Trump has repeated this line throughout his campaign. When he was under pressure during the Republican primary in February, Trump tweeted,…
Donald Trump is furious over losing to Ted Cruz in Colorado. Of the 37 Republican delegates up for grabs in Colorado, 3 are party leaders, 21 were elected at district conventions, while another 13 were elected over this past weekend at the Colorado State Republican Convention. According to the…
This past Tuesday, Bill Kristol showed how it is in the self-interest of Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and John Kasich to focus their efforts strategically to maximize the chances of Rubio winning Florida and Kasich winning Ohio, thus denying Trump the delegates from these winner-take-all primaries on…